Who is the kidnapper in ‘Eric’ on Netflix?

Eric, the new miniseries starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is streaming now on Netflix, but who is the kidnapper of the missing boy? 

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In the show, which was written by Abi Morgan (Shame, Suffragette), Cumberbatch plays Vincent, the puppeteer father of nine-year-old Edgar, who has gone missing in New York. Vincent tries to track his son down by creating an enormous furry puppet, which he names Eric, that the kid had been doodling before he disappeared. 

The six-part psychological thriller is streaming in full now on Netflix after its May 30 release. Watch the trailer below: 

In a three-star review of the series, NME wrote: “Eric does, undoubtedly, have valid things to say about racial politics in the US – as well as how terrible it is to suppress your true identity. But saying them in this way has created a muddled show that may be trying too many things at once.” 

The show was first commissioned by Netflix in 2021, with Morgan developing the script alongside Lucy Forbes (This Is Going To Hurt). 

Who is the kidnapper in Eric on Netflix? 

As we see in the show, Vincent is battling his own alcoholism and the breakdown of his marriage at the same time as he is working with the NYPD to track down his son. 

The search takes Vincent into the dark underbelly of 1980s New York City, and in the final episode we find him passed out in a subway tunnel. When he wakes, he sees a drawing on the wall that he recognises as being made by Edgar. 

Vincent then meets Yuusuf, a homeless man that Edgar had followed down into the tunnel, revealing that there had not in fact been a kidnapper. 

The revelation prompts Vincent to redouble his efforts to use the image of Eric to lure Edgar into coming home. He dresses in the monster’s costume and finds a protest in the street, allowing him to jump in front of a TV camera and make the appeal to his son. 

Vincent tells Edgar that he will “race him home”, in reference to a game the two used to play together. Edgar does see the broadcast and immediately begins to run home, reuniting with his father outside their house. 

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